Lifestyles Column by Joanna Brichetto

Plastics are everywhere, even in places we might not imagine. I had no idea the inside of my organic soy milk carton was lined with plastic, or that plastic is what makes glossy book jackets so slick. Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too is full of such examples of plastic’s presence around us—and what’s worse, even inside us. The surprise is how...